European Union - Primary completion rate

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in European Union was 97.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 99.52 in 2001, while its lowest value was 95.96 in 1971.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 95.96
1972 96.00
1973 96.11
1980 97.76
1981 97.18
1982 97.04
1983 96.83
1984 97.51
1985 98.37
1986 98.05
1987 97.40
1988 98.08
1989 97.80
1990 97.82
1991 97.38
1992 97.85
1993 98.23
1994 97.75
1995 97.23
1996 97.76
1997 98.01
1998 98.01
1999 98.00
2000 98.50
2001 99.52
2002 98.65
2003 98.78
2004 98.62
2005 97.51
2006 97.18
2007 98.06
2008 97.99
2009 97.96
2010 98.27
2011 98.32
2012 97.84
2013 97.82
2014 97.73
2015 98.54
2016 97.98
2017 98.28
2018 97.18
2019 97.12
2020 97.14

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in European Union was 96.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 98.82 in 2001, while its lowest value was 94.83 in 1972.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 94.86
1972 94.83
1973 94.88
1980 96.54
1981 95.94
1982 95.72
1983 95.65
1984 96.35
1985 97.32
1986 97.03
1987 96.42
1988 97.22
1989 97.28
1990 96.93
1991 96.35
1992 96.73
1993 96.85
1994 96.37
1995 96.43
1996 96.91
1997 97.24
1998 97.32
1999 97.44
2000 97.75
2001 98.82
2002 97.98
2003 98.21
2004 98.04
2005 96.86
2006 96.55
2007 97.31
2008 97.23
2009 97.22
2010 97.59
2011 97.75
2012 97.02
2013 96.93
2014 96.77
2015 97.45
2016 96.74
2017 97.03
2018 96.05
2019 95.98
2020 96.02

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in European Union was 96.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 99.16 in 2001, while its lowest value was 95.34 in 1970.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 95.34
1971 95.40
1972 95.40
1973 95.48
1974 96.27
1975 97.47
1976 97.51
1977 97.53
1978 97.38
1979 97.14
1980 97.14
1981 96.54
1982 96.37
1983 96.23
1984 96.92
1985 97.83
1986 97.53
1987 96.90
1988 97.64
1989 97.53
1990 97.36
1991 96.85
1992 97.28
1993 97.52
1994 97.04
1995 96.82
1996 97.33
1997 97.62
1998 97.66
1999 97.71
2000 98.12
2001 99.16
2002 98.31
2003 98.49
2004 98.32
2005 97.18
2006 96.85
2007 97.68
2008 97.60
2009 97.58
2010 97.92
2011 98.03
2012 97.42
2013 97.37
2014 97.24
2015 97.98
2016 97.34
2017 97.64
2018 96.60
2019 96.53
2020 96.57

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes